Tony Lewis wrote:
> The --convert-links option changes the website path to a local file
> system path. That is, it changes the directory, not the file name.

Thanks I didn't understand it that way.

> IMO, your suggestion has merit, but it would require wget to maintain
> a list of MIME types and corresponding renaming rules.

Well it seems implementing the "Content-Type" header is planned since a long
time and there are two items about it in the "TODO" document of the wget
distrib.

Maintaining a list of MIME types is not an issue as there are already lists
around :
* "File suffixes and MIME types" at Duke University :
http://www.duke.edu/websrv/file-extensions.html
* "MIME Types" category at Google :
http://www.google.com/Top/Computers/Data_Formats/MIME_Types
* ...

Just a word about how HTTrack handles MIME types and extensions. It has a
powerful "--assume" option that allows users to assign a MIME type to
extensions. For example : "All .php files are PNG images". Everything is
explained on the "Option panel : MIME Types" page at
http://www.httrack.com/html/step9_opt11.html. I think wget could use such an
option.

JM.



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